2014-04-03HEARINGTRANSCRIPT-PD INITIATED USE 12-034 & AMEND USE 12-034

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THIEL: I’m Ron Thiel, Chief of the Traffic Division representing Public Works today for this matter. GONZALES: Would you raise your right hand for me, sir, please? Do you swear to tell the truth before the Planning Commission today? THIEL: Yes, I do. GONZALES: Thank you. Chairman Ishibashi. ISHIBASHI: Thank you, Brother Chair. Construction and the dynamics in construction, we know the timing can go off for whatever reason, be it weather or delay or whatever it is, and a lot of this looks like it’s beyond the contractor’s control. But on the current conditions now with the vertical walls going up and the traffic, as--I don’t know, we ever when study this complaint, and if traffic increased because the vertical went up. So anyway, I’m asking you, if you have the answers to that, but even he can answer, but that’s what I’m concerned with. The vertical going up and if that did increase the traffic on Kaūmana Road. THIEL: So, from the Traffic Division point of view, we don’t require restriction during construction. We’d really like to have everything done before Certificate of Occupancy is given, but in this case, I—in really looking back on it—can see what there were concerns about this particular project for two reasons. One, the restricted sight distance on the inside of the curve at that location and also the State drop off into the facility. And when I went out there a few weeks ago, the inside curb had been constructed, moved back and increased the sight distance, so that has been taken care of. And the entrance into the facility itself had been raised up the grade. During the plan review, we requested the engineer to raise that intersection up at a very high— more than what you normally see—in order to get intersection sight distance on both, both directions. And all that has been done. The vertical construction has been done. We do have a problem with the utilities and they can’t open up the additional lane, auxiliary lane. But most of the things that you normally would be looking for to make this a safer intersection has already been done, and so on that basis, I still would say I wouldn’t request restriction on the vertical construction until the rest of this road, intersection has been completed. ISHIBASHI: Thank you. HENKEL: Sorry, would you repeat that? The last statement. Would you repeat your last statement about your recommendation? THIEL: Well, basically I would say that I wouldn’t ask that it’s necessary to restrict the vertical construction cause the majority of the work has been done, and all of the issues that I have been concerned about have been take care of. HENKEL: Thanks. THIEL: And that being the sight distance. 9 EXHIBIT F